Report of suicidal person closed section of town of Ulster road, police say

TOWN OF ULSTER >> A report of a suicidal person with a rifle believed to be in the area of Old Kings Highway Thursday afternoon brought out various police agencies and closed a portion of Old Kings Highway, authorities said.

Police responded to a report from a person in the town of Saugerties at about 3:10 p.m., indicating that someone with suicidal tendencies was in the woods behind a home on Old Kings Highway. As a precaution, investigators closed the section of the road between Sheehan Lane and Leggs Mill Road, Ulster town police said.

The person police were looking for was later found unharmed in Greene County. At that point, the road was reopened, police said.